Hiroshi Agasa
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| Japanese name: | 阿笠 博士 (Agasa Hiroshi) |
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| English name: | Hershel Agasa |
| Age: | 52[1] |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | Unknown[2] |
| Relatives: | Kurisuke Agasa (great-uncle) Teiko Agasa (great-aunt) |
| Nicknames: | Hakase (Ai Haibara) Agasa-hakase (Conan Edogawa, Detective Boys) |
| Aliases: | Dr. Agasa Professor Agasa |
| First appearance: | Manga: Chapter 2 Anime: Episode 1 |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 295 Episodes: 256 Movies: 28 OVAs: 11 Specials: 5 Openings: 33 Closings: 9 |
| Keyhole number: | Volume 5 |
| Japanese voice: | Kenichi Ogata Kazunari Tanaka (young) |
| English voice: | Bill Flynn |
| Drama actor: | Ryosei Tayama |
| Was voted most likely to be "That Person" in a fan poll | |
Hiroshi Agasa (阿笠 博士 Agasa Hiroshi), most commenly referred to as Professor Agasa (阿笠博士 Agasa-hakase), and known in the Funimation dub as Hershel Agasa, is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan. Agasa is Shinichi Kudo's next door neighbor and family friend. The first person to learn Shinichi is Conan Edogawa, he has invented all of Conan's special gadgets as well as the Detective Boys' badges.
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Background
Hiroshi Agasa is an inventor and Shinichi's closest neighbor, living in a large house right next to the Kudo residence.
He makes his living with a wide number of patents and inventions, mostly video games (of whom the Detective Boys are enthusiastic test players). He has been a friend of Shinichi and Ran since their childhood years.
After Shinichi had been shrunk by the APTX 4869, the first person he met and entrusted himself to was Agasa. After having been convinced that the little boy was Shinichi, Agasa was also the first one to advise Shinichi to exercise caution in his pursuit of the Black Organization. He also helped Shinichi in establishing his new identity as Conan Edogawa, including constructing several gadgets which help Shinichi in carrying on his detective work surreptitiously, and in order to perfect Conan's cover, he also enlisted him into Teitan Elementary and thus came to know the children who would form the Detective Boys. When Shiho Miyano fled the clutches of the Organization, she fled to Shinichi's house but collapsed from exhaustion before Agasa's doorstep. Agasa subsequently took her in, learned about her true identity and helped her establish her new identity as Ai Haibara. He also entrusted Shinichi's parents with the secret about what has happened to their son.
Ever since these beginnings, Agasa has been an invaluable friend for Shinichi and the Detective Boys as a confidant, paternal friend, and someone to hang out with. He often takes the children to some trip (which inevitably become criminal cases instead) and provides a place for them to hang out.
Childhood and relatives
Agasa went to Teitan Elementary[3] and then Okuho middle school.[4] His family moved to Japan from abroad soon after the end of fall term of his sixth grade after he met Kinoshita Fusae.[5] Agasa was living in Japan before his family moved and he may have changed his address when they arrived. He has a rich accountant uncle named Kurisuke Agasa who died 50 years before the present timeline at the age of 38.[6] The uncle liked gadgets. Teiko, the sister of his uncle (Agasa’s aunt) was was alive until a year ago when she passed away at 76.[7] Agasa’s cousin’s granddaughter is of the right age to be introduced to Takagi.[8]
Personality
Hiroshi Agasa is a jovial and outgoing person and has many friends in his community, a fact which helped him in his covering up of Conan's and Ai's true origins (he simply claims that they are the children of his friends and acquaintances).
Agasa has a special love for pasta and tomato juice.
Plot overview
Relationships analysis
Family & Friends
- Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa
Conan treats Agasa as a member of his own family, like an uncle. Due to the fact that they both share the secret behind Shinichi's transformation and knowledge about the Black Organization, Conan often comes to him when in trouble or seeking for help.
- Ai Haibara
The relationship between Ai and Professor Agasa is rather unusual, if not humorous. Despite what their actual (and apparent) ages are, Ai often times acts more like a mother to the professor, constantly reminding him to watch what he eats. On several occasions, she has removed fattening foods from his reach[9], and is attempting to help get him into better shape. There's also been instances where she'll automatically step in front of Agasa in cases of danger.[10]
Out of all the people she's met, Ai seems most comfortable about acting herself with the Professor; which might be attributed to the fact that he was the one who found her after she escaped the BO, and took her in.
As it turned out some time later, Agasa had known her parents - especially her father, Atsushi Miyano, personally, even though he didn't know at that time that they've had children.[11][12]
Fusae Campbell, today a successful fashion designer, was Agasa's first love in their childhood years. Because of her half-American heritage she has blonde hair, which had made her the target of ridicule among her fellow students and thus made her very shy; she usually wore a large hat to conceal her hair. Right after she found her first love in Agasa, she had to move away, but promised to return every ten year to a special place to meet him again. However, in his forgetfulness Agasa misplaced the postcard on which she had placed her clues, and it took him forty years and the help of the Detective Boys to find the place again. While they did not openly talk about their feelings, there is a hint that their relationship is now beginning to grow.
Character popularity
- eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Agasa placed 19th in the poll with 36 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.[13]
Quizzes
Agasa usually gives quizzes to The Detective Boys. These quizzes are multiple choice which he usually gives to them for a reward or just to test their knowledge. These are mostly based on puns or rearranging the strokes in a character to get the answer.
Name origin
Agasa's name comes from mystery writer Agatha Christie. Also, his first name Hiroshi is a pun as it is written with the same kanji for hakase (博士 professor).
Additionally, his great uncle and aunt, Kurisuke (栗介 ) and Teiko (定子 ), get their names from the Japanese pronunciation of Christie (クリスティ Kurisuti) (Kurisuke obviously comes from Kurisu (クリス), but Teiko comes from Tei (テイ), and alternate writing for Ti (ティ)).
Quotes
Trivia
- Agasa has a mole on his butt with a hair sticking out of it (which Conan revealed while trying to prove his real identity to the Professor).[14]
- In a recent fan poll, Professor Agasa was voted as the character most likely to be That Person.
Gallery
Shinichi can't get into his house luckily he finds Dr. Agasa but has slight trouble trying to prove to him that he is Shinichi and that he's shrunk.
"We need to be careful Shinichi, those men are bound to come looking for you if they find out you're still alive! You must tell no one your true identity or what happened! Not even Ran! Do you understand?!"
There's someone at the door and it's Ran! What unlucky timing! Dr. Agasa and Shinichi try not to panic and do their best to improvise!
In other languages
| Language | Given Name | Family Name |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
博士 Hiroshi | 阿笠 Agasa |
 English |
Hershal | Agasa |
 French |
Hiroshi | Agasa |
 German |
Hiroshi | Agasa |
 Arabic |
Not given | أغاثا/أغاسا Agasa/Agatha |
  Korean |
박사 Bak Sa | 브라운 Brown |
See also
References
- ^ Conan Drill Page 52
- ^ Conan Drill Page 52
- ^ Manga Volume 40, File 7, Agasa's First Love
- ^ Manga chapter 572 page 10
- ^ Manga chapter 410 pages 08-10
- ^ Manga chapter 111 page 06
- ^ Manga chapter 111 page 07
- ^ Manga chapter 208
- ^ Movie 9: Strategy Above the Depths
- ^ Movie 4: Captured in Her Eyes
- ^ Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1
- ^ Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor
- ^ "『名探偵コナン』 人気投票結". eBookJapan. 2011-05-12. http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp. Retrieved on 2011-05-15.
- ^ Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case
| Detective Boys | ||
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| Members | Conan Edogawa • Ai Haibara • Ayumi Yoshida • Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya • Genta Kojima | |
| Guardians | Hiroshi Agasa • Sumiko Kobayashi • Rumi Wakasa | |
| Gadgets | Detective Boys Badge • Wristwatch Flashlight | |
